I’m not typically one to make New Years Resolutions but after the prime rib, ham and all of the wonderful deserts that were consumed over the holidays………………well I think you know where I’m going with this.
MIL signed herself up for a CA clinic as one of her Christmas presents from FIL (2009 & 2010 present). She knows I’ve wanted to go so she signed up for the one I was thinking of attending. The deposit for the clinic was in savings but well, life got in the way.
I’m going to enter into 2010 with the goal of attending the clinic – not as a “helper” but as a participant. This means I need to shed some very unnecessary pounds! Having the clinic in mind as a goal has been very helpful so far. As I walk to the fridge I think about the clinic and make an alternate choice. Hopefully I can keep this up.
Not knowing if I will be able to take a horse or not leaves me with not choice but to work MY horses as if we one is going so goal #2 is get Lu and/or Cat ready.
This seems to be the biggest debate I have – who to take. Do I take Cat who had had CA done since she was born but is still young (and currently not started) or do I take Lu? I’m a bit worried about how Lu would travel. Therefore my goal is to get both of them ready and decide later (if I get to take a horse).
Getting them ready involves following the program step by step. I’ll admit I’m not the best about this. This is where goal #3 comes into play – follow the program!
The of course we have to have goal number 4 – get $$ to go! That one will probably be more difficult then the first three combined but I’m hoping for a good tax refund! Still need new tires on the car and our hot water heater is taking a dump so we’ll just have to wait and see how much (if any) is left.
Tuff E Nuff Quarter Horses
Lucy
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Woo Hooo! We have hay!
Woo hoo! I FINALLY got my hay. I have 18 big beautiful bales stacked up against the fence row. I liked being able to look back at my post last year to see when I put my first big bale out. That was on October 29th. Yikes, yesterday was December 6th. I have been feeding squares for a few weeks but the weather has been unseasonably warm so they weren’t as “starved” as they normally would have been this time of year.
When I let the horses out after moving a bale to each pasture they ran around it kicking up their heels. I wanted to show DH just how well Black was feeling so I headed out with a whip and shooed them off. They took off running and bucking. Right about then we noticed that the small gate wasn’t lock (the horses had been locked in while the hay guy delivered the hay). Of course as soon as we spotted it so did Black and she v-lined right for it. Out the gate she went! She hauled ass across the gravel road w/o so much as one off step. Once across the street she just stood there looking at us.
I walked across the street and put my arms around her while DH grabbed a rope. The entire way back home she was “prancing” in front of him like “ha ha ha ha ha”.
This is the second time she’s been out this week. The first time was my fault. All of the horses got out and went for a rendezvous down the road. My dad called to tell me and I prepared myself for dealing with Cat and Lu. Much to my surprise when I got there my dad and the neighbor had gotten them in. As suspected he said Cat was his biggest issue.
We got our first real snow last night. There were a lot of cars in the ditch on the way in this morning. Tomorrow and Wednesday is supposed to be even worse.
When I let the horses out after moving a bale to each pasture they ran around it kicking up their heels. I wanted to show DH just how well Black was feeling so I headed out with a whip and shooed them off. They took off running and bucking. Right about then we noticed that the small gate wasn’t lock (the horses had been locked in while the hay guy delivered the hay). Of course as soon as we spotted it so did Black and she v-lined right for it. Out the gate she went! She hauled ass across the gravel road w/o so much as one off step. Once across the street she just stood there looking at us.
I walked across the street and put my arms around her while DH grabbed a rope. The entire way back home she was “prancing” in front of him like “ha ha ha ha ha”.
This is the second time she’s been out this week. The first time was my fault. All of the horses got out and went for a rendezvous down the road. My dad called to tell me and I prepared myself for dealing with Cat and Lu. Much to my surprise when I got there my dad and the neighbor had gotten them in. As suspected he said Cat was his biggest issue.
We got our first real snow last night. There were a lot of cars in the ditch on the way in this morning. Tomorrow and Wednesday is supposed to be even worse.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Silent Night
Not much is going on new here with my horses. We are almost ready for winter but I still have a few things left to get done. I probably should get on that since it is snowing right now.
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being a “lay over” location for 2 horses. A friend from SD had purchased a new mare from TX and sold one of her horses to another friend in WI. She came down on Tuesday and brought with her the horse she’d sold.
At around 12:30 am Equine Express showed up with her new mare. After unloading her we loaded up the other horse to go to his final destination.
It almost felt like Christmas and the horses were the presents. Not my presents of course, I just got the sneak peek before they did.
One of their “passengers” was a mini burro/donkey. He was the cutest thing! Apparently he was found running down a major highway/interstate in Texas earlier that week and was heading to his new home in WI. I tried telling the driver he could leave him at our place but he decline.
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being a “lay over” location for 2 horses. A friend from SD had purchased a new mare from TX and sold one of her horses to another friend in WI. She came down on Tuesday and brought with her the horse she’d sold.
At around 12:30 am Equine Express showed up with her new mare. After unloading her we loaded up the other horse to go to his final destination.
It almost felt like Christmas and the horses were the presents. Not my presents of course, I just got the sneak peek before they did.
One of their “passengers” was a mini burro/donkey. He was the cutest thing! Apparently he was found running down a major highway/interstate in Texas earlier that week and was heading to his new home in WI. I tried telling the driver he could leave him at our place but he decline.
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